Feeding-cabinet.



F. H. HeBERe. FEEDING CABINET.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. I7. |914.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

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FRANK H. HOBERG, OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

FEEDING-CABINET.

Application filed April 17, 1914.

T0. all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK I-I. HOBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Green Bay, county of Brown, and State of IVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in F eeding-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in feeding cabinets for rolled paper packages of thattype in which the lower end of the cabinet is open and sheets of paper permitted to drop and hang through the opening, whereby the sheets may be successively grasped and torn off from the remainder of the package. A

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby, as each sheet is torn away from the package, the end of the succeeding sheet from which the removed sheet is torn, will not be automatically separated from the package and permitted to hang, but an additional operation will be required in order rto expose the free end of the succeeding sheet through the cabinet opening.

My invention is especially adapted for use in feeding paper toweling and particularly in economizing paper by not only delaying the sheet delivery, but by requiring an opel ation, the character of which will discourage wastefulness and prevent wholesale withdrawals of the sheets.

' In theJ drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a papel' cabinet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cabinet, showing the package and feeding apparatus in elevation.`

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters in both views.

The cabinet walls preferably comprise a back wall A, end walls B, and a cover wall C, which includes the front and top of the 'cabinet and is hinged to the end walls B vat b. The cover wall' C is preferably'provided with a spring actuated latch D adapted to engage catch Z connected with the back wall A. The latch may be actuated by a The package is wound upon a core c, which is supported from the 'cabinet by a holding plate F, which plate is adapted to engage in tilting brackets secured to the end walls B. The plate F preferably passes through slits in the core c and is adapted to prevent the package from rotating upon its support.

All of the above described features are disclosed and claimed in a former applica- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

Serial No. 832,415.

tion filed by me and are therefore not claimed herein and need not be more par ticularly described.

The package Il herein disclosed is par tially severed at G, Gr, near the upper end of the front side and substantially at the upper end of thev core. of the package is permitted to hang through the open bottom of the cabinet as' shown, whereby it may be grasped and vremoved by tearing it across the tongues g, thus severing it from the next succeeding sheet.

rihe upper end of the succeeding sheet tends to drop and hang by gravity in substantially the position occupied by the rst sheet e', but owing to the fact that this upper end partially overlaps the top of the package and also owing to the frictional adhesion of the sheet upon the sheet beneath it, the dropping of the free end cannot be relied upon. It is also undesirable that it should drop automatically for the reason that the paper might then be too easily withdrawn and waste or theft wouldY be facilitated. I therefore provide a bearing roller H in the upper portion of the cabinet,

The outer sheet e which is adapted for both vertical and ro- `A pair of levers J are hung upon this crank shaft and the roller H is providedA with axial bearing shafts or studs L, which are jcurnaled in these levers. The forward ends of the levers are curved upwardlypas shown at J to prevent the ends of the lever from catching upon the package.l The levers are connected with each other notY only-by the roller I-I rotatably journaled therein, but also by a cross bar K to which a fiat spring L is secured. One end of the spring L engages underneath the crank I. The other end bears upon the periphery of the roller H. The spring therefore tends to press the levers J downwardly and to hold roller H in contact with the package.v rlh'e forward portion of the spring L also serves as a pawl, whereby the roller is permitted to rotate only in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1.

The crank shaft I is provided with a pulley M near one end of the cabinet and a cord oi` chain N is wound upon this pulley and connected with a rod O, which extends downwardly along the inner face' of one end wall B, said wall being provided with suitable guides O for the rod. Another cord or chain P is connected with the lower end of the rod and extends through the open boty tom of the cabinet, its lower extremity being provided with an actuating knob Q. When the cord or chain N is wound upon the pulley M it is obvious that a downward pull upon the knob Q, will rotate the crank shaft I and the crank I will impart a reciprocatory movement to the levers J and the roller II supported by said levers. During the forward movement, roller IrI will travel upon the surface of the package as a rotating wheel, but during the backward stroke, spring L will prevent rotation and the ribs h, (or other frictional surface with which the roller is provided), will pull the upper end of the outer or free sheet away from the package and permit it todrop by gravity as above explained. Before the roller is actuated, however, its pressure upon the upper end of the free sheet will tend to retain it in the position in which it was originally wound uponthe package. After theknob has been manually depressed and released, an automatic retractive rotation takes place in the shaft I to raise the knob by rewinding. the cord or chain N upon the spool M. This automatic rotation of shaft I may be provided for by employing a spring R, which is coiled about one end of the shaft I with one extremity secured thereto at a and the other end connected with the end wall' B at 1.

I claim- 1. A device for starting sheets from rolled paper packages, comprising the combination with a holder for paper rolls having an open bottom for sheet delivery, of a frictional bearing member located in the upper portion of said holder and adapted to rest upon the top portion of a package supported by theholder, and ymeans for manually reciprocating said member to dislodge the ,upper ends of the sheets from the roll and permit them to fall through said open bottom.

2;, A device for starting sheets from rolled paperpackages, comprisingthe combination with a cabinet having a sheet delivery opening in its bottom, of a holder adapted to hold partially slitted paper rolls'with the slit at the upper portion of the roll, a frictional bearing member connected with the walls of the cabinet and adapted to rest upon the top portion of a package supported by the holder, and means for manually reciprocating said member upon the roll adjacent to the slit therein, to dislodge the upper ends of the sheets successively and cause them to fall through the opening in the bottom of the cabinet.

3. A device for starting sheets from rolled paper packages, comprising the combination with a holder for paper rolls, provided with a sheet delivery aperturel at its lower end, of ay movable sheet starter having a sheet gripping surface and supported in partby. a package on said holder, means for reciprocating said' roller upon the surface of the roll, and means for holding the roll against rotation.

4. The combination with a package holder designedy to support vpartially slitted rolled packages of paper, of a sheet starter suphaving a stationary member adapted to en- 'Y gage in said slit, ofa crank, a swinging carrier member connected with said crank and adapted to be reciprocated thereby, a frictionally surfaced starting'device carried by said member in a position to swing into con- A tact with the paper package adjacent to the slit, and means for manually operating said crank.

6. The combination with a package holder designed to support partially slitted rolled paper packages, of a crank, a swinging carrier member connected with said crank and adapted to be reciprocated thereby, a frictionally surfaced' starting device carried by said member in a position to swing into contact with the paper package adjacent to the slit, and means for manually operating said crank, said crank operating means coinprising a spool connected therewith, a spring direction,` and a flexible connection wound upon `said spool and provided with a suspended member adapted to be manually grasped and pulled to actuate the crank.

4for automatically rotating the spool` in one` 7. The combination with a package holder designed to support partially slitted rolled paper packages, of a crank, a swinging carf rier member connected with said crank and adapted to be reciprocated thereby, afric-` Y tionally surfaced starting device carried by said member in a position to swing into contact With thepaper package adjacent to the slit, and means for manually operating said crank, said starting device comprising a roller j ournaled in said carrier member'and a pawl, adapted to prevent rotation ofthe roller When moved in the sheet starting direction.

8. The combination with a package holder designed to support partiallyslitted rolled paper packages, of a crank, a swinging carrier member connected With said crank and adapted to be reciprocated thereby, a friotionally surfaced starting device carried by said member in a position to swing into contact with the paper package adjacent to the slit, and means for manually operating said crank, said starting device comprising a roller journaled in said carrier member and a pa-Wl, adapted to prevent rotation of the roller when moved in the sheet starting direction, said paWl comprising a spring adapted to also press said roller forcibly against the package.

In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK H. HOBERG. Witnesses:

Gmo. A. RICHARDS, F. K. Swiss.

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